"Over the last century the world has achieved what seemed impossible: **massive increases in crop yields**. In many countries they have tripled, quadrupled, or more. It **means we can grow much more food without using more land and cutting down forests**. ([Location 1777](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0C3X6X695&location=1777))" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[fertilisers]], [[agrarian-economies]], [[food-emissions]], [[deforrestation]], [[climate-change]], **Source** -- [[260103133118 - B - Not the End of the World]]